Definitions for halcyons

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halcyons hal·cy·on

Spelling: [hal-see-uh n]

IPA: /ˈhæl si ən/

Halcyons is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 275 anagrams from letters in halcyons (achlnosy).

Definitions for halcyons

noun

1. a mythical bird, usually identified with the kingfisher, said to breed about the time of the winter solstice in a nest floating on the sea, and to have the power of charming winds and waves into calmness.
2. any of various kingfishers, especially of the genus Halcyon.
3. (initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. Alcyone (def 2).

adjective

1. calm; peaceful; tranquil:
2. rich; wealthy; prosperous:
3. happy; joyful; carefree:
4. of or relating to the halcyon or kingfisher.

Origin of halcyons

1350-1400; Latin Greek halkyṓn, pseudo-etymological variant of alkyṓn kingfisher; replacing Middle English alceon, alicion Latin alcyōn Greek

Examples for halcyons

Since I have mentioned the halcyon, I shall here describe it.

The halcyon days of Wolf, the third-wave feminist revolutionary and author of The Beauty Myth (1990), seem far, far away.

The days went by, days that were halcyon under love's own sunshine.

It was a new and halcyon vision of the way to spend one's declining years.

On the Impossible Past will transport you back to your halcyon, angsty teenage years.

The sea is calm, and the halcyon broods, and only love is eternal.

Without a bribed official, a halcyon, or eagle, will watch the entry point with binoculars for patterns and opportunities.

The mixed-media collection evokes nostalgia for halcyon days through fragmented images of the past.

In retrospect, 2009 and 2010 were halcyon days in the Middle East, now that we seem just one horseman short of an apocalypse.

So it is that seamen love these birds and look for halcyon weather.